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Mattie Eugenie Taylor
WINGO: Mrs. Mattie E. Taylor was born January 11, 1937 in Trezevant to Ethridge (Doc) and Hestella (Williams)
Adkisson. She departed this earthly life on October 18.
Services were Sunday, October 21 at 3:00 p.m. at Wingo
Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Daniel Morton,
pastor, officiating. Bond Funeral Home, Milan was in
charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Taylor died Thursday, October 18 at Methodist
Hospital in McKenzie.
She leaves to cherish her memory, her parents, Etheridge
and Hestella Adkisson; her devoted husband, Earl Taylor;
five children, Teresa (Michael) Jordan of Huntingdon,
Beverly (Michael) Hughes of Huntingdon, Wanda (Phillip)
Bates of Germany, Elveta Taylor of Nashville, and Kenneth
Taylor of Nashville; six siblings, Priest (Ophelia)
Adkisson of Racine, Wisconsin, Earl (Lurlene) Adkisson of
Atwood, Mabel (Billy) Kelly of Greenfield, Mary (Geno)
Brown of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Angeline (Robert) Moore
of Lexington, Kentucky, and Lula Williamson of Detroit,
Michigan; five sisters-in-law: Odessia Hurt of Jarrell,
Georgia Nell Newbill of Wingo, JoAnn Taylor of Wingo,
Willie T. (Ralph) Tate of Wingo, Retha (Junior) of
Jarrell, and one brother-in-law, Hurley, Jr. (Bertha)
Taylor of Wingo; seven grandchildren, Ryane and Corbin,
Chad and Haley, Brandi, Sidney and Jasmine and a host of
nieces, great-nieces, nephews, great-nephews, uncles,
aunts, cousins and friends.
Herman Paul Tucker
MCKENZIE: Services for Herman Paul Tucker, 88, were held
at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 26 at McKenzie Church of
Christ with Bros. Jim Roberts and Kenneth Edwards
officiating. Burial was in Carroll Memorial Gardens in
McKenzie.
Mr. Tucker, a retired steel worker, died Wednesday,
October 24, at McKenzie Methodist hospital in McKenzie of
heart failure.
He was born July 13, 1913 in Kenton to the late Mary Lou
Lane Tucker and John Wesley Tucker. He was a member of
McKenzie Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Connie Sherrill Barker Tucker;
one daughter, Jimmie D. Barth of Slinger, Wisconsin; one
stepdaughter, Julia Ruffell Winters of McKenzie; one
stepson, James Richard Ruffell of McKenzie; one sister,
Maurine Bibbs of Kenton; one granddaughter, Debra
Thirerman of West Bend, Wisconsin and two step-grandsons,
James Richard Ruffell, IV and Jeremy Mark Ruffell, both of
Huntingdon.
Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Charles Ray Doster
MCKENZIE: Services for Charles Ray Doster, 47, were at
2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 30, at Brummitt Funeral Home
with Bro. Kenny Carr officiating. Burial was in Carroll
Memorial Gardens.
He was born February 26, 1954 in Martin.
He was preceded in death by his father Clifford Doster.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra Diane Doster; his
mother, Lillian Doster of Gleason; a daughter, Christy
Doster; two sons, Charles Ray Doster and Kevin Lee Doster;
one sister, Barbara Grosvenor; one brother, Kenneth Doster,
all of McKenzie; his grandmother, Opal Doster of Gleason
and one grandchild.
Ruth Irene Hopper
CEDAR GROVE: Mrs. Ruth Irene Hopper, 91, died Friday,
October 26 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral
services were conducted on Sunday, October 28, at the
Lexington City Cemetery in Lexington with Brother Malcolm Norten officiating.
Mrs. Hopper, the daughter of the late Sam and Dora
Blaylock Weatherford, was born December 26, 1909 in
Trezevant. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cedar
Grove Presbyterian Church. She was the widow of Romie
Ethol Hopper, who died in August, 1967.
She is survived by one son, Roy E. Hopper and a
stepdaughter, Faye Vines, both of Huntingdon; four
grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; four
step-grandchildren and five step-great-grandchildren.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
James L. Kelley
GLENWOOD, ILLINOIS: Mr. James L. Kelley, 65, formerly of
Huntingdon, died Monday, October 22 in Dyer, Indiana.
Memorial services were conducted on Monday, October 29 at
the First Baptist Church in Huntingdon.
Mr. Kelley was born October 20, 1936 in Carroll County. He
was a retired superintendent for Ford Motor Company
Stamping Plant. He was preceded in death by two daughters,
Joyce Moore and Sandra Costello.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Kelley; seven
daughters, Glenda Carol Johnson of Hollow Rock, Rhonda
Gail Kelley of Savannah, Elizabeth Selvey of Sauk Village,
Sandra Daughtery of Hartford, Kentucky, Martha Jacobson of
Worth, Illinois, Nancy Riddle of Indianapolis, Indiana,
and Marianne Darmstaedter of North Chicago, Illinois; six
sons, Dennis Beal of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Jerry Beal
and Charles Hill, both of Georgetown, Texas, Michael Beal
of Scottsville, Texas, Kenneth Beal of Camden, and Anthony
Beal of Peoria, Illinois; two brothers, Dale Kelley of
Huntingdon and Dwayne Kelley of Memphis; several
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Bruce Daniel "Danny" Carter
HUNTINGDON: Mr. Bruce Daniel "Danny" Carter, 54, died
Monday, October 22 at his home. Funeral services were
conducted on Friday, October 26 in the Dilday Funeral Home
Chapel with Elder Rufus Chandler officiating. Interment
followed at Carroll Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Carter was born October 25, 1946 in Carroll County. He
was a member of New Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church.
Mr. Carter was co-owner of Dilday Funeral Home, Northwest
Tennessee Crematory and Carroll Memorial Gardens.
He is survived by his wife, Joyce Smothers Carter; his
parents, Elder Clarence F. and Alene Carter of Huntingdon;
four sons, Steve Carter, Stanley Carter, Scott Carter, and
Shawn Carter, all of Huntingdon; one brother, Dr. Lee
Carter of Huntingdon; and three grandchildren, Kayla
Carter, Cale Belew and Cramer Belew, all of Huntingdon.
Pallbearers who served were Gary Nelson, Chuck Sichta,
Walter Smothers, Jr., Brian Kelley, Mike Mansfield, Ray
Woodard, Dr. Tim Tucker, and Manuel Crossno. Honorary
pallbearers were Dwight and Diane Carter, Diana and
Michael Wilkerson, Glenda and Bobby Hayes, Joyce and
Daniel Williams, Joan and Wayne Dean, Marsha and Jim
Barger, Billy and Sylvia Cary, Shirley Nanney, Barbara
Woodard, Diana Skelton, John Everett Williams, Gene and
Lola Kelm, David and Frances Cary, Rick and Brenda Lewis,
Bill Gwaltney, Rachel Neely, Roy and Linda Bozeman, Tim
and Sherry Boyd, Ronnie and Brenda Bennett, Bobby and
Linda Hollowell, Gerald Parish, Michael and Telena Vinson,
Polly Bartholomew, Patty Haley and Archie and Helen Bond.
Dilday Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Mozelle Lundy Commons
MEMPHIS: Mrs. Mozelle Lundy Commons, 88, died Friday,
October 19 at her home of complications from lung cancer.
Services were conducted on Monday, October 22 at Memphis
Funeral Home with burial in Trezevant Cemetery, Trezevant.
The widow of Arthur S. Commons, survivors include nieces
Jane Grosse of Paris, Texas and Maxine Boston of Franklin.
Mrs. Commons, a native of Trezevant, attended Trezevant
High School; Tennessee College in Murfreesboro; University
of Tennessee in Knoxville; and Library School at Peabody
College. She taught at Trezevant High School and in
Gibson.
She was librarian in Trezevant; Alva, Florida; Lexington
and Milan High School before going to John Brister Library
of Memphis State University where she was associate
librarian for 27 years.
She was a member of Prescott Memorial Baptist Church where
she taught a Sunday School class and was active in the
Business Women's Circle of the church, also serving as
church librarian for several years.
Mrs. Commons was a member of the Shelby County Business
Women's Association and Delta Kappa Gamma.
Memorials may be sent to Prescott Memorial Baptist Church
in Memphis.
Bobby Joe Berryhill
MCKENZIE: Graveside services for Bobby Joe Berryhill, 71,
were held at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, October 11 at Beech
Springs Cemetery in Gleason with the Rev. Gene Price
officiating. Mr. Berryhill died Monday, October 8 at Henry
County Medical Center in Paris.
Mr. Berryhill was born June 23, 1930 in Gleason to the
late Lora McGee Berryhill and Dewey Otis Berryhill. He was
an U. S. Army veteran.
Survivors include two sisters, Emma Oller of Lansing,
Michigan and Mable Taylor of Gleason.
Brummitt Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
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